FWIW, the acrylic "body" of manu LEDs can be resized.. and leaving the
emitting surface area untouched generally won't reduce the output.

I've reduced the diameter of common LEDs to fit where they normally
wouldn't. The tiny emitting chip is very small compared to the size of the
outer diameter of the acrylic.
A pin vise can be used to hold the leads of a common (thru-hole) LED.

There are some applications where the tiny chips are used without acrylic
bodies, and the very fine gage gold leads are attached directly to gold
plated circuit board pads.
A home bathroom scale had what looked like a 3-digit 7-segment display, but
the separate LED chips were mounted to the board, and a plastic housing was
placed over the LED chips (with colored film) which made it appear to be a
normal 3-digit module.

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Cheers,
WB
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"JW" wrote in message
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And what a pain in the butt to get to on a 6034A! I wish I could find a
"side firing" LED that would not only fit in that little slot, but also be
the right wavelength for it to work correctly. I've experimented a bit
with this, but never been successful.